One cannot in the nature of things expect a little tree that has been turned into a club to put forth leaves. (From Paths in Utopia)

Solitude is the place of purification.

The law is not thrust upon man; it rests deep within him, to waken when the call comes.

Power abdicates only under the stress of counter-power.

Just remember, it's the birds that's supposed to suffer, not the hunter.

That state is a state of Slavery in which a man does what he likes to do in his spare time and in his working time that which is required of him. This state ca…

[Alan Cranston] understood power not as a reflection of status but as a tool with a purpose.' - Sen. Joseph Biden December 31, 2000 on Meet the Press